Where does “fată” come from?
fată (Romanian) comes from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
fată (Romanian): girl; daughter
Definitions
- girl; daughter
Ancestry of “fată”, step by step
fată traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin facia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 2 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin fētō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fētō | to bring forth, breed |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Latin fēta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fēta | woman or female animal that has just given birth |